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<H1>GNU History Library</H1></P><P>

This document describes the GNU History library, a programming tool that
provides a consistent user interface for recalling lines of previously
typed input.
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<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="history.html#SEC1">1. Using History Interactively</A></TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">GNU History User's Manual.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="history.html#SEC6">2. Programming with GNU History</A></TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">GNU History Programmer's Manual.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="history.html#SEC19">A. GNU Free Documentation License</A></TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">License for copying this manual.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="history.html#SEC21">B. Concept Index</A></TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Index of concepts described in this manual.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="history.html#SEC22">C. Function and Variable Index</A></TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Index of externally visible functions
				  and variables.</TD></TR>
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<H1> 1. Using History Interactively </H1>
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This chapter describes how to use the GNU History Library interactively,
from a user's standpoint.  It should be considered a user's guide.  For
information on using the GNU History Library in your own programs,
see section <A HREF="history.html#SEC6">2. Programming with GNU History</A>.
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<H2> 1.1 History Expansion </H2>
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The History library provides a history expansion feature that is similar
to the history expansion provided by <CODE>csh</CODE>.  This section
describes the syntax used to manipulate the history information.
</P><P>

History expansions introduce words from the history list into
the input stream, making it easy to repeat commands, insert the
arguments to a previous command into the current input line, or
fix errors in previous commands quickly.
</P><P>

History expansion takes place in two parts.  The first is to determine
which line from the history list should be used during substitution.
The second is to select portions of that line for inclusion into the
current one.  The line selected from the history is called the
<EM>event</EM>, and the portions of that line that are acted upon are
called <EM>words</EM>.  Various <EM>modifiers</EM> are available to manipulate
the selected words.  The line is broken into words in the same fashion
that Bash does, so that several words
surrounded by quotes are considered one word.
History expansions are introduced by the appearance of the
history expansion character, which is <SAMP>`!'</SAMP> by default.
</P><P>

History expansion implements shell-like quoting conventions:
a backslash can be used to remove the special handling for the next character;
single quotes enclose verbatim sequences of characters, and can be used to
inhibit history expansion;
and characters enclosed within double quotes may be subject to history
expansion, since backslash can escape the history expansion character,
but single quotes may not, since they are not treated specially within
double quotes.
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<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="history.html#SEC5">1.1.3 Modifiers</A></TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Modifying the results of substitution.</TD></TR>
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<H3> 1.1.1 Event Designators </H3>
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An event designator is a reference to a command line entry in the
history list.
Unless the reference is absolute, events are relative to the current
position in the history list.
<A NAME="IDX1"></A>
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<DL COMPACT>

<DT><CODE>!</CODE>
<DD>Start a history substitution, except when followed by a space, tab,
the end of the line, or <SAMP>`='</SAMP>.
<P>

<DT><CODE>!<VAR>n</VAR></CODE>
<DD>Refer to command line <VAR>n</VAR>.
<P>

<DT><CODE>!-<VAR>n</VAR></CODE>
<DD>Refer to the command <VAR>n</VAR> lines back.
<P>

<DT><CODE>!!</CODE>
<DD>Refer to the previous command.  This is a synonym for <SAMP>`!-1'</SAMP>.
<P>

<DT><CODE>!<VAR>string</VAR></CODE>
<DD>Refer to the most recent command
preceding the current position in the history list
starting with <VAR>string</VAR>.
<P>

<DT><CODE>!?<VAR>string</VAR>[?]</CODE>
<DD>Refer to the most recent command
preceding the current position in the history list
containing <VAR>string</VAR>.
The trailing
<SAMP>`?'</SAMP> may be omitted if the <VAR>string</VAR> is followed immediately by
a newline.
If <VAR>string</VAR> is missing, the string from the most recent search is used;
it is an error if there is no previous search string.
<P>

<DT><CODE>^<VAR>string1</VAR>^<VAR>string2</VAR>^</CODE>
<DD>Quick Substitution.  Repeat the last command, replacing <VAR>string1</VAR>
with <VAR>string2</VAR>.  Equivalent to
<CODE>!!:s^<VAR>string1</VAR>^<VAR>string2</VAR>^</CODE>.
<P>

<DT><CODE>!#</CODE>
<DD>The entire command line typed so far.
<P>

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<H3> 1.1.2 Word Designators </H3>
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Word designators are used to select desired words from the event.
A <SAMP>`:'</SAMP> separates the event specification from the word designator.  It
may be omitted if the word designator begins with a <SAMP>`^'</SAMP>, <SAMP>`$'</SAMP>,
<SAMP>`*'</SAMP>, <SAMP>`-'</SAMP>, or <SAMP>`%'</SAMP>.  Words are numbered from the beginning
of the line, with the first word being denoted by 0 (zero).  Words are
inserted into the current line separated by single spaces.
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For example,
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<DL COMPACT>
<DT><CODE>!!</CODE>
<DD>designates the preceding command.  When you type this, the preceding
command is repeated in toto.
<P>

<DT><CODE>!!:$</CODE>
<DD>designates the last argument of the preceding command.  This may be
shortened to <CODE>!$</CODE>.
<P>

<DT><CODE>!fi:2</CODE>
<DD>designates the second argument of the most recent command starting with
the letters <CODE>fi</CODE>.
</DL>
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Here are the word designators:
 
<DL COMPACT>

<DT><CODE>0 (zero)</CODE>
<DD>The <CODE>0</CODE>th word.  For many applications, this is the command word.
<P>

<DT><CODE><VAR>n</VAR></CODE>
<DD>The <VAR>n</VAR>th word.
<P>

<DT><CODE>^</CODE>
<DD>The first argument; that is, word 1.
<P>

<DT><CODE>$</CODE>
<DD>The last argument.
<P>

<DT><CODE>%</CODE>
<DD>The first word matched by the most recent <SAMP>`?<VAR>string</VAR>?'</SAMP> search,
if the search string begins with a character that is part of a word.
<P>

<DT><CODE><VAR>x</VAR>-<VAR>y</VAR></CODE>
<DD>A range of words; <SAMP>`-<VAR>y</VAR>'</SAMP> abbreviates <SAMP>`0-<VAR>y</VAR>'</SAMP>.
<P>

<DT><CODE>*</CODE>
<DD>All of the words, except the <CODE>0</CODE>th.  This is a synonym for <SAMP>`1-$'</SAMP>.
It is not an error to use <SAMP>`*'</SAMP> if there is just one word in the event;
the empty string is returned in that case.
<P>

<DT><CODE><VAR>x</VAR>*</CODE>
<DD>Abbreviates <SAMP>`<VAR>x</VAR>-$'</SAMP>
<P>

<DT><CODE><VAR>x</VAR>-</CODE>
<DD>Abbreviates <SAMP>`<VAR>x</VAR>-$'</SAMP> like <SAMP>`<VAR>x</VAR>*'</SAMP>, but omits the last word.
If <SAMP>`x'</SAMP> is missing, it defaults to 0.
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</DL>
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If a word designator is supplied without an event specification, the
previous command is used as the event.
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<H3> 1.1.3 Modifiers </H3>
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After the optional word designator, you can add a sequence of one or more
of the following modifiers, each preceded by a <SAMP>`:'</SAMP>.
These modify, or edit, the word or words selected from the history event.
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<DT><CODE>h</CODE>
<DD>Remove a trailing pathname component, leaving only the head.
<P>

<DT><CODE>t</CODE>
<DD>Remove all leading pathname components, leaving the tail.
<P>

<DT><CODE>r</CODE>
<DD>Remove a trailing suffix of the form <SAMP>`.<VAR>suffix</VAR>'</SAMP>, leaving
the basename.
<P>

<DT><CODE>e</CODE>
<DD>Remove all but the trailing suffix.
<P>

<DT><CODE>p</CODE>
<DD>Print the new command but do not execute it.
<P>

<DT><CODE>s/<VAR>old</VAR>/<VAR>new</VAR>/</CODE>
<DD>Substitute <VAR>new</VAR> for the first occurrence of <VAR>old</VAR> in the
event line.
Any character may be used as the delimiter in place of <SAMP>`/'</SAMP>.
The delimiter may be quoted in <VAR>old</VAR> and <VAR>new</VAR>
with a single backslash.  If <SAMP>`&#38;'</SAMP> appears in <VAR>new</VAR>,
it is replaced by <VAR>old</VAR>.  A single backslash will quote
the <SAMP>`&#38;'</SAMP>.
If <VAR>old</VAR> is null, it is set to the last <VAR>old</VAR>
substituted, or, if no previous history substitutions took place,
the last <VAR>string</VAR>
in a !?<VAR>string</VAR><CODE>[?]</CODE>
search.
If <VAR>new</VAR> is is null, each matching <VAR>old</VAR> is deleted.
The final delimiter is optional if it is the last
character on the input line.
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<DT><CODE>&#38;</CODE>
<DD>Repeat the previous substitution.
<P>

<DT><CODE>g</CODE>
<DD><DT><CODE>a</CODE>
<DD>Cause changes to be applied over the entire event line.  Used in
conjunction with <SAMP>`s'</SAMP>, as in <CODE>gs/<VAR>old</VAR>/<VAR>new</VAR>/</CODE>,
or with <SAMP>`&#38;'</SAMP>.
<P>

<DT><CODE>G</CODE>
<DD>Apply the following <SAMP>`s'</SAMP> or <SAMP>`&#38;'</SAMP> modifier once to each word
in the event.
<P>

</DL>
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<H1> 2. Programming with GNU History </H1>
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This chapter describes how to interface programs that you write
with the GNU History Library.
It should be considered a technical guide.
For information on the interactive use of GNU History, see section <A HREF="history.html#SEC1">1. Using History Interactively</A>.
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<H2> 2.1 Introduction to History </H2>
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<P>

Many programs read input from the user a line at a time.  The GNU
History library is able to keep track of those lines, associate arbitrary
data with each line, and utilize information from previous lines in
composing new ones. 
</P><P>

A programmer using the History library has available functions
for remembering lines on a history list, associating arbitrary data
with a line, removing lines from the list, searching through the list
for a line containing an arbitrary text string, and referencing any line
in the list directly.  In addition, a history <EM>expansion</EM> function
is available which provides for a consistent user interface across
different programs.
</P><P>

The user using programs written with the History library has the
benefit of a consistent user interface with a set of well-known
commands for manipulating the text of previous lines and using that text
in new commands.  The basic history manipulation commands are similar to
the history substitution provided by <CODE>csh</CODE>.
</P><P>

The programmer can also use the Readline library, which
includes some history manipulation by default, and has the added
advantage of command line editing.
</P><P>

Before declaring any functions using any functionality the History
library provides in other code, an application writer should include
the file <CODE>&#60;readline/history.h&#62;</CODE> in any file that uses the
History library's features.  It supplies extern declarations for all
of the library's public functions and variables, and declares all of
the public data structures.
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<H2> 2.2 History Storage </H2>
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The history list is an array of history entries.  A history entry is
declared as follows:
</P><P>

<TABLE><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td class=example><pre>typedef void *histdata_t;

typedef struct _hist_entry {
  char *line;
  char *timestamp;
  histdata_t data;
} HIST_ENTRY;
</pre></td></tr></table></P><P>

The history list itself might therefore be declared as
</P><P>

<TABLE><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td class=example><pre>HIST_ENTRY **the_history_list;
</pre></td></tr></table></P><P>

The state of the History library is encapsulated into a single structure:
</P><P>

<TABLE><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td class=example><pre>/*
 * A structure used to pass around the current state of the history.
 */
typedef struct _hist_state {
  HIST_ENTRY **entries; /* Pointer to the entries themselves. */
  int offset;           /* The location pointer within this array. */
  int length;           /* Number of elements within this array. */
  int size;             /* Number of slots allocated to this array. */
  int flags;
} HISTORY_STATE;
</pre></td></tr></table></P><P>

If the flags member includes <CODE>HS_STIFLED</CODE>, the history has been
stifled.
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<H2> 2.3 History Functions </H2>
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This section describes the calling sequence for the various functions
exported by the GNU History library.
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<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="history.html#SEC10">2.3.1 Initializing History and State Management</A></TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Functions to call when you
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					of history entries.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="history.html#SEC12">2.3.3 Information About the History List</A></TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Functions returning information about
					the history list.</TD></TR>
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This section describes functions used to initialize and manage
the state of the History library when you want to use the history
functions in your program.
</P><P>

<A NAME="IDX2"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Function:</U> void <B>using_history</B> <I>(void)</I>
<DD>Begin a session in which the history functions might be used.  This
initializes the interactive variables.
</DL>
</P><P>

<A NAME="IDX3"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Function:</U> HISTORY_STATE * <B>history_get_history_state</B> <I>(void)</I>
<DD>Return a structure describing the current state of the input history.
</DL>
</P><P>

<A NAME="IDX4"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Function:</U> void <B>history_set_history_state</B> <I>(HISTORY_STATE *state)</I>
<DD>Set the state of the history list according to <VAR>state</VAR>.
</DL>
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<H3> 2.3.2 History List Management </H3>
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These functions manage individual entries on the history list, or set
parameters managing the list itself.
</P><P>

<A NAME="IDX5"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Function:</U> void <B>add_history</B> <I>(const char *string)</I>
<DD>Place <VAR>string</VAR> at the end of the history list.  The associated data
field (if any) is set to <CODE>NULL</CODE>.
If the maximum number of history entries has been set using
<CODE>stifle_history()</CODE>, and the new number of history entries would exceed
that maximum, the oldest history entry is removed.
</DL>
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<A NAME="IDX6"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Function:</U> void <B>add_history_time</B> <I>(const char *string)</I>
<DD>Change the time stamp associated with the most recent history entry to
<VAR>string</VAR>.
</DL>
</P><P>

<A NAME="IDX7"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Function:</U> HIST_ENTRY * <B>remove_history</B> <I>(int which)</I>
<DD>Remove history entry at offset <VAR>which</VAR> from the history.  The
removed element is returned so you can free the line, data,
and containing structure.
</DL>
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<A NAME="IDX8"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Function:</U> histdata_t <B>free_history_entry</B> <I>(HIST_ENTRY *histent)</I>
<DD>Free the history entry <VAR>histent</VAR> and any history library private
data associated with it.  Returns the application-specific data
so the caller can dispose of it.
</DL>
</P><P>

<A NAME="IDX9"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Function:</U> HIST_ENTRY * <B>replace_history_entry</B> <I>(int which, const char *line, histdata_t data)</I>
<DD>Make the history entry at offset <VAR>which</VAR> have <VAR>line</VAR> and <VAR>data</VAR>.
This returns the old entry so the caller can dispose of any
application-specific data.  In the case
of an invalid <VAR>which</VAR>, a <CODE>NULL</CODE> pointer is returned.
</DL>
</P><P>

<A NAME="IDX10"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Function:</U> void <B>clear_history</B> <I>(void)</I>
<DD>Clear the history list by deleting all the entries.
</DL>
</P><P>

<A NAME="IDX11"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Function:</U> void <B>stifle_history</B> <I>(int max)</I>
<DD>Stifle the history list, remembering only the last <VAR>max</VAR> entries.
The history list will contain only <VAR>max</VAR> entries at a time.
</DL>
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<A NAME="IDX12"></A>
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<DT><U>Function:</U> int <B>unstifle_history</B> <I>(void)</I>
<DD>Stop stifling the history.  This returns the previously-set
maximum number of history entries (as set by <CODE>stifle_history()</CODE>).
The value is positive if the history was
stifled, negative if it wasn't.
</DL>
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<DL>
<DT><U>Function:</U> int <B>history_is_stifled</B> <I>(void)</I>
<DD>Returns non-zero if the history is stifled, zero if it is not.
</DL>
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These functions return information about the entire history list or
individual list entries.
</P><P>

<A NAME="IDX14"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Function:</U> HIST_ENTRY ** <B>history_list</B> <I>(void)</I>
<DD>Return a <CODE>NULL</CODE> terminated array of <CODE>HIST_ENTRY *</CODE> which is the
current input history.  Element 0 of this list is the beginning of time.
If there is no history, return <CODE>NULL</CODE>.
</DL>
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<DT><U>Function:</U> int <B>where_history</B> <I>(void)</I>
<DD>Returns the offset of the current history element.
</DL>
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<A NAME="IDX16"></A>
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<DT><U>Function:</U> HIST_ENTRY * <B>current_history</B> <I>(void)</I>
<DD>Return the history entry at the current position, as determined by
<CODE>where_history()</CODE>.  If there is no entry there, return a <CODE>NULL</CODE>
pointer.
</DL>
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<DT><U>Function:</U> HIST_ENTRY * <B>history_get</B> <I>(int offset)</I>
<DD>Return the history entry at position <VAR>offset</VAR>.
The range of valid
values of <VAR>offset</VAR> starts at <CODE>history_base</CODE> and ends at
<VAR>history_length</VAR> - 1 (see section <A HREF="history.html#SEC17">2.4 History Variables</A>).
If there is no entry there, or if <VAR>offset</VAR> is outside the valid
range, return a <CODE>NULL</CODE> pointer.
</DL>
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<DT><U>Function:</U> time_t <B>history_get_time</B> <I>(HIST_ENTRY *entry)</I>
<DD>Return the time stamp associated with the history entry <VAR>entry</VAR>.
If the timestamp is missing or invalid, return 0.
</DL>
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<DT><U>Function:</U> int <B>history_total_bytes</B> <I>(void)</I>
<DD>Return the number of bytes that the primary history entries are using.
This function returns the sum of the lengths of all the lines in the
history.
</DL>
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These functions allow the current index into the history list to be
set or changed.
</P><P>

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<DT><U>Function:</U> int <B>history_set_pos</B> <I>(int pos)</I>
<DD>Set the current history offset to <VAR>pos</VAR>, an absolute index
into the list.
Returns 1 on success, 0 if <VAR>pos</VAR> is less than zero or greater
than the number of history entries.
</DL>
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<DT><U>Function:</U> HIST_ENTRY * <B>previous_history</B> <I>(void)</I>
<DD>Back up the current history offset to the previous history entry, and
return a pointer to that entry.  If there is no previous entry, return
a <CODE>NULL</CODE> pointer.
</DL>
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<DT><U>Function:</U> HIST_ENTRY * <B>next_history</B> <I>(void)</I>
<DD>If the current history offset refers to a valid history entry,
increment the current history offset.
If the possibly-incremented history offset refers to a valid history
entry, return a pointer to that entry;
otherwise, return a <CODE>BNULL</CODE> pointer.
</DL>
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<H3> 2.3.5 Searching the History List </H3>
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These functions allow searching of the history list for entries containing
a specific string.  Searching may be performed both forward and backward
from the current history position.  The search may be <EM>anchored</EM>,
meaning that the string must match at the beginning of the history entry.
<A NAME="IDX23"></A>
</P><P>

<A NAME="IDX24"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Function:</U> int <B>history_search</B> <I>(const char *string, int direction)</I>
<DD>Search the history for <VAR>string</VAR>, starting at the current history offset.
If <VAR>direction</VAR> is less than 0, then the search is through
previous entries, otherwise through subsequent entries.
If <VAR>string</VAR> is found, then
the current history index is set to that history entry, and the value
returned is the offset in the line of the entry where
<VAR>string</VAR> was found.  Otherwise, nothing is changed, and a -1 is
returned.
</DL>
</P><P>

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<DT><U>Function:</U> int <B>history_search_prefix</B> <I>(const char *string, int direction)</I>
<DD>Search the history for <VAR>string</VAR>, starting at the current history
offset.  The search is anchored: matching lines must begin with
<VAR>string</VAR>.  If <VAR>direction</VAR> is less than 0, then the search is
through previous entries, otherwise through subsequent entries.
If <VAR>string</VAR> is found, then the
current history index is set to that entry, and the return value is 0. 
Otherwise, nothing is changed, and a -1 is returned. 
</DL>
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<DL>
<DT><U>Function:</U> int <B>history_search_pos</B> <I>(const char *string, int direction, int pos)</I>
<DD>Search for <VAR>string</VAR> in the history list, starting at <VAR>pos</VAR>, an
absolute index into the list.  If <VAR>direction</VAR> is negative, the search
proceeds backward from <VAR>pos</VAR>, otherwise forward.  Returns the absolute
index of the history element where <VAR>string</VAR> was found, or -1 otherwise.
</DL>
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<H3> 2.3.6 Managing the History File </H3>
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The History library can read the history from and write it to a file.
This section documents the functions for managing a history file.
</P><P>

<A NAME="IDX27"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Function:</U> int <B>read_history</B> <I>(const char *filename)</I>
<DD>Add the contents of <VAR>filename</VAR> to the history list, a line at a time.
If <VAR>filename</VAR> is <CODE>NULL</CODE>, then read from <TT>`~/.history'</TT>.
Returns 0 if successful, or <CODE>errno</CODE> if not.
</DL>
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<A NAME="IDX28"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Function:</U> int <B>read_history_range</B> <I>(const char *filename, int from, int to)</I>
<DD>Read a range of lines from <VAR>filename</VAR>, adding them to the history list.
Start reading at line <VAR>from</VAR> and end at <VAR>to</VAR>.
If <VAR>from</VAR> is zero, start at the beginning.  If <VAR>to</VAR> is less than
<VAR>from</VAR>, then read until the end of the file.  If <VAR>filename</VAR> is
<CODE>NULL</CODE>, then read from <TT>`~/.history'</TT>.  Returns 0 if successful,
or <CODE>errno</CODE> if not.
</DL>
</P><P>

<A NAME="IDX29"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Function:</U> int <B>write_history</B> <I>(const char *filename)</I>
<DD>Write the current history to <VAR>filename</VAR>, overwriting <VAR>filename</VAR>
if necessary.
If <VAR>filename</VAR> is <CODE>NULL</CODE>, then write the history list to
<TT>`~/.history'</TT>.
Returns 0 on success, or <CODE>errno</CODE> on a read or write error.
</DL>
</P><P>

<A NAME="IDX30"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Function:</U> int <B>append_history</B> <I>(int nelements, const char *filename)</I>
<DD>Append the last <VAR>nelements</VAR> of the history list to <VAR>filename</VAR>.
If <VAR>filename</VAR> is <CODE>NULL</CODE>, then append to <TT>`~/.history'</TT>.
Returns 0 on success, or <CODE>errno</CODE> on a read or write error.
</DL>
</P><P>

<A NAME="IDX31"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Function:</U> int <B>history_truncate_file</B> <I>(const char *filename, int nlines)</I>
<DD>Truncate the history file <VAR>filename</VAR>, leaving only the last
<VAR>nlines</VAR> lines.
If <VAR>filename</VAR> is <CODE>NULL</CODE>, then <TT>`~/.history'</TT> is truncated.
Returns 0 on success, or <CODE>errno</CODE> on failure.
</DL>
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<H3> 2.3.7 History Expansion </H3>
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These functions implement history expansion.
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<A NAME="IDX32"></A>
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<DT><U>Function:</U> int <B>history_expand</B> <I>(char *string, char **output)</I>
<DD>Expand <VAR>string</VAR>, placing the result into <VAR>output</VAR>, a pointer
to a string (see section <A HREF="history.html#SEC2">1.1 History Expansion</A>).  Returns:
<DL COMPACT>
<DT><CODE>0</CODE>
<DD>If no expansions took place (or, if the only change in
the text was the removal of escape characters preceding the history expansion
character);
<DT><CODE>1</CODE>
<DD>if expansions did take place;
<DT><CODE>-1</CODE>
<DD>if there was an error in expansion;
<DT><CODE>2</CODE>
<DD>if the returned line should be displayed, but not executed,
as with the <CODE>:p</CODE> modifier (see section <A HREF="history.html#SEC5">1.1.3 Modifiers</A>).
</DL>
<P>

If an error occurred in expansion, then <VAR>output</VAR> contains a descriptive
error message.
</DL>
</P><P>

<A NAME="IDX33"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Function:</U> char * <B>get_history_event</B> <I>(const char *string, int *cindex, int qchar)</I>
<DD>Returns the text of the history event beginning at <VAR>string</VAR> +
<VAR>*cindex</VAR>.  <VAR>*cindex</VAR> is modified to point to after the event
specifier.  At function entry, <VAR>cindex</VAR> points to the index into
<VAR>string</VAR> where the history event specification begins.  <VAR>qchar</VAR>
is a character that is allowed to end the event specification in addition
to the "normal" terminating characters.
</DL>
</P><P>

<A NAME="IDX34"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Function:</U> char ** <B>history_tokenize</B> <I>(const char *string)</I>
<DD>Return an array of tokens parsed out of <VAR>string</VAR>, much as the
shell might.  The tokens are split on the characters in the
<VAR>history_word_delimiters</VAR> variable,
and shell quoting conventions are obeyed as described below.
</DL>
</P><P>

<A NAME="IDX35"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Function:</U> char * <B>history_arg_extract</B> <I>(int first, int last, const char *string)</I>
<DD>Extract a string segment consisting of the <VAR>first</VAR> through <VAR>last</VAR>
arguments present in <VAR>string</VAR>.  Arguments are split using
<CODE>history_tokenize</CODE>.
</DL>
</P><P>

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<H2> 2.4 History Variables </H2>
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This section describes the externally-visible variables exported by
the GNU History Library.
</P><P>

<A NAME="IDX36"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Variable:</U> int <B>history_base</B>
<DD>The logical offset of the first entry in the history list.
</DL>
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<A NAME="IDX37"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Variable:</U> int <B>history_length</B>
<DD>The number of entries currently stored in the history list.
</DL>
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<A NAME="IDX38"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Variable:</U> int <B>history_max_entries</B>
<DD>The maximum number of history entries.  This must be changed using
<CODE>stifle_history()</CODE>.
</DL>
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<A NAME="IDX39"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Variable:</U> int <B>history_write_timestamps</B>
<DD>If non-zero, timestamps are written to the history file, so they can be
preserved between sessions.  The default value is 0, meaning that
timestamps are not saved.
</P><P>

The current timestamp format uses the value of <VAR>history_comment_char</VAR>
to delimit timestamp entries in the history file.  If that variable does
not have a value (the default), timestamps will not be written.
</DL>
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<A NAME="IDX40"></A>
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<DT><U>Variable:</U> char <B>history_expansion_char</B>
<DD>The character that introduces a history event.  The default is <SAMP>`!'</SAMP>.
Setting this to 0 inhibits history expansion.
</DL>
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<A NAME="IDX41"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Variable:</U> char <B>history_subst_char</B>
<DD>The character that invokes word substitution if found at the start of
a line.  The default is <SAMP>`^'</SAMP>.
</DL>
</P><P>

<A NAME="IDX42"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Variable:</U> char <B>history_comment_char</B>
<DD>During tokenization, if this character is seen as the first character
of a word, then it and all subsequent characters up to a newline are
ignored, suppressing history expansion for the remainder of the line.
This is disabled by default.
</DL>
</P><P>

<A NAME="IDX43"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Variable:</U> char * <B>history_word_delimiters</B>
<DD>The characters that separate tokens for <CODE>history_tokenize()</CODE>.
The default value is <CODE>" \t\n()<>;&|"</CODE>.
</DL>
</P><P>

<A NAME="IDX44"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Variable:</U> char * <B>history_search_delimiter_chars</B>
<DD>The list of additional characters which can delimit a history search
string, in addition to space, TAB, <SAMP>`:'</SAMP> and <SAMP>`?'</SAMP> in the case of
a substring search.  The default is empty.
</DL>
</P><P>

<A NAME="IDX45"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Variable:</U> char * <B>history_no_expand_chars</B>
<DD>The list of characters which inhibit history expansion if found immediately
following <VAR>history_expansion_char</VAR>.  The default is space, tab, newline,
carriage return, and <SAMP>`='</SAMP>.
</DL>
</P><P>

<A NAME="IDX46"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Variable:</U> int <B>history_quotes_inhibit_expansion</B>
<DD>If non-zero, the history expansion code implements shell-like quoting:
single-quoted words are not scanned for the history expansion
character or the history comment character, and double-quoted words may
have history expansion performed, since single quotes are not special
within double quotes.
The default value is 0.
</DL>
</P><P>

<A NAME="IDX47"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Variable:</U> int <B>history_quoting_state</B>
<DD>An application may set this variable to indicate that the current line
being expanded is subject to existing quoting. If set to <SAMP>`''</SAMP>, the
history expansion function will assume that the line is single-quoted and
inhibit expansion until it reads an unquoted closing single quote; if set
to <SAMP>`"'</SAMP>, history expansion will assume the line is double quoted until
it reads an unquoted closing double quote. If set to zero, the default,
the history expansion function will assume the line is not quoted and
treat quote characters within the line as described above.
This is only effective if <VAR>history_quotes_inhibit_expansion</VAR> is set.
</DL>
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<A NAME="IDX48"></A>
<DL>
<DT><U>Variable:</U> rl_linebuf_func_t * <B>history_inhibit_expansion_function</B>
<DD>This should be set to the address of a function that takes two arguments:
a <CODE>char *</CODE> (<VAR>string</VAR>)
and an <CODE>int</CODE> index into that string (<VAR>i</VAR>).
It should return a non-zero value if the history expansion starting at
<VAR>string[i]</VAR> should not be performed; zero if the expansion should
be done.
It is intended for use by applications like Bash that use the history
expansion character for additional purposes.
By default, this variable is set to <CODE>NULL</CODE>.
</DL>
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<H2> 2.5 History Programming Example </H2>
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The following program demonstrates simple use of the GNU History Library.
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<TABLE><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td class=smallexample><FONT SIZE=-1><pre>#include &#60;stdio.h&#62;
#include &#60;readline/history.h&#62;

main (argc, argv)
     int argc;
     char **argv;
{
  char line[1024], *t;
  int len, done = 0;

  line[0] = 0;

  using_history ();
  while (!done)
    {
      printf ("history$ ");
      fflush (stdout);
      t = fgets (line, sizeof (line) - 1, stdin);
      if (t &#38;&#38; *t)
        {
          len = strlen (t);
          if (t[len - 1] == '\n')
            t[len - 1] = '\0';
        }

      if (!t)
        strcpy (line, "quit");

      if (line[0])
        {
          char *expansion;
          int result;

          result = history_expand (line, &#38;expansion);
          if (result)
            fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", expansion);

          if (result &#60; 0 || result == 2)
            {
              free (expansion);
              continue;
            }

          add_history (expansion);
          strncpy (line, expansion, sizeof (line) - 1);
          free (expansion);
        }

      if (strcmp (line, "quit") == 0)
        done = 1;
      else if (strcmp (line, "save") == 0)
        write_history ("history_file");
      else if (strcmp (line, "read") == 0)
        read_history ("history_file");
      else if (strcmp (line, "list") == 0)
        {
          register HIST_ENTRY **the_list;
          register int i;

          the_list = history_list ();
          if (the_list)
            for (i = 0; the_list[i]; i++)
              printf ("%d: %s\n", i + history_base, the_list[i]-&#62;line);
        }
      else if (strncmp (line, "delete", 6) == 0)
        {
          int which;
          if ((sscanf (line + 6, "%d", &#38;which)) == 1)
            {
              HIST_ENTRY *entry = remove_history (which);
              if (!entry)
                fprintf (stderr, "No such entry %d\n", which);
              else
                {
                  free (entry-&#62;line);
                  free (entry);
                }
            }
          else
            {
              fprintf (stderr, "non-numeric arg given to `delete'\n");
            }
        }
    }
}
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<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC14">History Searching</A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC14">2.3.5 Searching the History List</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX5"><CODE>add_history</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC11">2.3.2 History List Management</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX6"><CODE>add_history_time</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC11">2.3.2 History List Management</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX30"><CODE>append_history</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC15">2.3.6 Managing the History File</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX10"><CODE>clear_history</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC11">2.3.2 History List Management</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX16"><CODE>current_history</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC12">2.3.3 Information About the History List</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TH><A NAME="vr_F"></A>F</TH><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX8"><CODE>free_history_entry</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC11">2.3.2 History List Management</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TH><A NAME="vr_G"></A>G</TH><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX33"><CODE>get_history_event</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC16">2.3.7 History Expansion</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TH><A NAME="vr_H"></A>H</TH><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX35"><CODE>history_arg_extract</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC16">2.3.7 History Expansion</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX36"><CODE>history_base</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC17">2.4 History Variables</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX42"><CODE>history_comment_char</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC17">2.4 History Variables</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX32"><CODE>history_expand</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC16">2.3.7 History Expansion</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX40"><CODE>history_expansion_char</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC17">2.4 History Variables</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX17"><CODE>history_get</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC12">2.3.3 Information About the History List</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX3"><CODE>history_get_history_state</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC10">2.3.1 Initializing History and State Management</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX18"><CODE>history_get_time</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC12">2.3.3 Information About the History List</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX48"><CODE>history_inhibit_expansion_function</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC17">2.4 History Variables</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX13"><CODE>history_is_stifled</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC11">2.3.2 History List Management</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX37"><CODE>history_length</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC17">2.4 History Variables</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX14"><CODE>history_list</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC12">2.3.3 Information About the History List</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX38"><CODE>history_max_entries</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC17">2.4 History Variables</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX45"><CODE>history_no_expand_chars</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC17">2.4 History Variables</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX46"><CODE>history_quotes_inhibit_expansion</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC17">2.4 History Variables</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX47"><CODE>history_quoting_state</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC17">2.4 History Variables</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX24"><CODE>history_search</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC14">2.3.5 Searching the History List</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX44"><CODE>history_search_delimiter_chars</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC17">2.4 History Variables</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX26"><CODE>history_search_pos</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC14">2.3.5 Searching the History List</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX25"><CODE>history_search_prefix</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC14">2.3.5 Searching the History List</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX4"><CODE>history_set_history_state</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC10">2.3.1 Initializing History and State Management</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX20"><CODE>history_set_pos</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC13">2.3.4 Moving Around the History List</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX41"><CODE>history_subst_char</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC17">2.4 History Variables</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX34"><CODE>history_tokenize</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC16">2.3.7 History Expansion</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX19"><CODE>history_total_bytes</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC12">2.3.3 Information About the History List</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX31"><CODE>history_truncate_file</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC15">2.3.6 Managing the History File</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX43"><CODE>history_word_delimiters</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC17">2.4 History Variables</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX39"><CODE>history_write_timestamps</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC17">2.4 History Variables</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX22"><CODE>next_history</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC13">2.3.4 Moving Around the History List</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX21"><CODE>previous_history</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC13">2.3.4 Moving Around the History List</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX27"><CODE>read_history</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC15">2.3.6 Managing the History File</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX28"><CODE>read_history_range</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC15">2.3.6 Managing the History File</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX7"><CODE>remove_history</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC11">2.3.2 History List Management</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX9"><CODE>replace_history_entry</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC11">2.3.2 History List Management</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX11"><CODE>stifle_history</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC11">2.3.2 History List Management</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX12"><CODE>unstifle_history</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC11">2.3.2 History List Management</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX2"><CODE>using_history</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC10">2.3.1 Initializing History and State Management</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX15"><CODE>where_history</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC12">2.3.3 Information About the History List</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#IDX29"><CODE>write_history</CODE></A></TD><TD valign=top><A HREF="history.html#SEC15">2.3.6 Managing the History File</A></TD></TR>
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